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"Big winning tickets have been found everywhere from in underwear drawers and Bibles to car glove boxes and DVD cases."

Last year a Hamilton man got a surprise $333,333 after cashing in an old Lotto ticket he had found in his desk drawer.

"I had to go and collect something from work and decided I may as well clean out my desk drawer while I was there," he said.

"I pulled out a handful of old receipts, then I saw my Lotto wallet buried beneath all the junk. I quickly grabbed it and when I opened it up, there was my missing Lotto ticket!"

Lotto asked some big ticket winners where they kept their winning tickets. It found 23 per cent kept the ticket in their purse or wallet, 11 per cent kept it in a drawer, and 5 per cent kept it under a pillow.

Saturday's win was the third largest Powerball win ever recorded in New Zealand.

The record goes to a $44m Powerball ticket which was won in November 2016 by a young Hibiscus Coast couple.